Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.
Isaiah 33:23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
Joel 2:9They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13
Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord , be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →